For some, a professional monitor is mandatory, and price is no object. But it's possible to get all the color accuracy and most of the same features in an enterprise display if you know where to look.

Sharp; bright image; Excellent out-of-box color; Precise calibration options; HDR10 support; Sturdy build; Value

No DCI-P3 color

The BenQ PD2700Q Designer Monitor offers lots of optimized picture settings and covers 100 percent of the Rec. 709 color space, making it a good choice for CAD/CAM and imaging professionals.

Good grayscale and viewing-angle performance; Fully adjustable stand; Lots of picture presets

Skewed color accuracy; Tinny speakers; Limited color settings

I have been using the BenQ PD2700Q as my only monitor with a Surface Pro 4 with MS Docking Station. The main purpose for the monitor was for software development using Visual Studio. The Surface Pro 4 display setting are set to 125% Scaling, Landscape, Duplicate the display.

BenQ's new 27 incher is a no-nonsense 4K monitor with a quality IPS panel and its sights set on serious computing and content creators

Accurate; high-quality IPS panel; Plenty of desktop real estate; Tight pixel pitch makes for lots of detail

Only 60Hz refresh; No adaptive sync; No USB Type-C connectivity

Today we're looking at not a designer monitor, but a monitor for designers: the PD2700Q. It comes with a 27-inch 10-bit IPS panel with a 2560 by 1440 resolution, at a reasonable £330 price point. Let's put it to the test and see how it performs!

I'm not a graphic designer or a gamer: I bought this monitor mainly for browsing and programming. And it is absolutely gorgeous. Text is retina-crisp; photos look amazing. I am using it with a 2015 Macbook Pro. In the native resolution of "retina 1920x1080" I find that text is a bit too large.

Had it recommended by an IT person and it has been great, plugged straight into my older HP desktop box DP port and worked

I've ordered 2 of these monitors now and both have had obvious dead pixels right out of the box. Picture quality and build are both great but I've been put out of work for days and have over $1100 tied up in returns with nothing to show for it.

I bought this monitor a month ago and was really hoping to have no issues. I never bought a non-brand name monitor in which name I don't recognize (Acer, Dell, etc.) so I knew I was taking a chance but it has good reviews in some of the places I looked at.